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Scholarly Publications
Oil Scarcity Ideology in US National Security Policy, 1909‐1980
February 2013
AbstractOver the past century peak oil forecasts have had a profound influence on US national security policy. Unquestioned acceptance of a variety of oil scarcity forecasts, all of which proved...
Oil and Governance: State-owned Enterprises and the World Energy Supply
January 2012
National oil companies (NOCs) produce most of the world’s oil and natural gas and bankroll governments across the globe.
Strategic Alliances Between National and International Oil Companies
October 2011
AbstractOil companies owned by national governments (“NOCs”) and oil companies with extensive international operations owned by diverse private investors (“IOCs”) constitute some of the largest and...
Other Publications
Risk Attitudes Shape National Oil Company Strategies
June 2012
AbstractMark C. Thurber, David R. HultsNational oil companies (NOCs) often behave in strikingly different ways from one another and from private, international oil companies (IOCs).
News
Do State-Owned Companies Have Inside Access to the World’s Oil and Gas Resources?
January 2013
In a public lecture at the University of Tulsa, PESD associate director Mark Thurber critically considers the idea that national oil companies (NOCs) are elbowing aside private players, both on...
National oil companies can cause pain at pump, research shows
February 2012
State-owned oil companies dominate the world's oil supplies, and politicians often cannot resist getting involved.
Thurber, Hults, Heller publish "Norwegian Model" study in Energy Policy
July 2011
In their Energy Policy article, entitled "Exporting the ‘Norwegian Model': The effect of administrative design on oil sector performance," PESD researchers Mark Thurber, David Hults, and Patrick...
Events
The New U.S. Role in Global Fossil Fuel Markets
December 11, 2012
As recently as 2007, the United States seemed headed towards ever greater fossil fuel import dependence, as domestic oil and natural gas production dwindled and consumption continued to grow.
National Oil Companies: Fueling Anxiety
March 9, 2012
PESD associate director Mark Thurber will be the speaker at the University of Texas Energy Symposium on March 8 in Austin.
National Oil Companies and the World Oil Market: Should We Be Worried?
February 7, 2012
State-owned oil and natural gas companies, such as Saudi Aramco, Petróleos de Venezuela and China National Petroleum Corp., own 73 percent of the world's oil reserves and 68 percent of its natural...
Projects
Instruments of Energy and Environmental Policy
Instruments of Energy Policy, hosted by the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, brings to Stanford four notable researchers...
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